Countries
Philippines
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
624
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kablaaw
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Agyamanak
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
mangngegda
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Pakada
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
21,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Wu
Where They Speak
Philippines
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
41,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Yue
Where They Speak
Not present
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
210
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
ilocano
chinois
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Han
Origin
18th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Chinese
Language Position
941
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
zho
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
chi
ISO 639 3
ilo
zho
ISO 639 6
ilo
zho
Glottocode
ilok1237
sini1245
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating